Return_of_Chippy@lemmy.world to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.world · 5 days agoPainlemmy.worldimagemessage-square61linkfedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
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minus-squareexpatriado@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·5 days agos’s, don’t care much about grammatical rules, just rarely see this one broken
minus-squareGinny [they/she]@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up0·4 days agoCyrus’: Belonging to many people called Cyru Cyrus’s: Belonging to one person called Cyrus. Cyruses’: Belonging to many people called Cyrus.
minus-squareqarl@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·5 days agoIt seems that both s’s and s’ could be valid here, according to Merriam Webster https://www.merriam-webster.com/grammar/what-happens-to-names-when-we-make-them-plural-or-possessive It’s an ex belonging to one Cyrus.
s’s, don’t care much about grammatical rules, just rarely see this one broken
Cyrus’: Belonging to many people called Cyru Cyrus’s: Belonging to one person called Cyrus. Cyruses’: Belonging to many people called Cyrus.
It seems that both
s’sands’could be valid here, according to Merriam Websterhttps://www.merriam-webster.com/grammar/what-happens-to-names-when-we-make-them-plural-or-possessive
It’s an ex belonging to one Cyrus.